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Month: January 2016

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Muslims re-elect Chief Mufti amid long-standing controversy

January 24, 2016January 26, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Lyutvi Mestan

More than 1200 delegates to the National Muslim Conference from across Bulgaria re-elected Mustafa Hadzhi as Chief Mufti on January 24

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Europe 

Refugees in Slovenia face long waits, short-tempered police

January 24, 2016January 29, 2016 Deutsche Welle Europe migrant crisis, Slovenia

A battered train painted with graffiti stops about a kilometer before the Austrian border. There is no train station, no

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Europe 

Lagarde: ‘Make or break’ point for Schengen

January 24, 2016January 25, 2016 VOANews IMF, Schengen

The chief of the International Monetary Fund says she believes Europe’s refugee crisis is placing the continent’s cherished Schengen zone

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Europe 

Czech Pirate Party being prosecuted over web links

January 24, 2016January 24, 2016 Raymond Johnston of The Prague Post Czech Republic

The police are pursuing charges against the Czech Pirate Party because of its operation of a website that has weblinks

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s GERB party considering five possible candidates for country’s presidential elections

January 23, 2016January 26, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s centre-right GERB party is discussing five names ahead of choosing its candidate in the country’s

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Bulgaria 

Sofia, half of Bulgaria face ‘code orange’ dangerous winter weather warning on January 24

January 23, 2016January 25, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia and several other regions of the country were subject to a “Code Orange” dangerous weather warning

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria braces for weekend cold spell as ‘code orange’ weather alert issued

January 22, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

A code “orange” hazardous weather warning has been issued for 15 districts in western and northern Bulgaria on January 23

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Europe 

Deaths of migrants and refugees in the Med: January 2016 deadliest on record – IOM

January 22, 2016January 29, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis

With more than a week left in the first month of 2016, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on

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Sport 

Dimitrov exits Australian Open after loss to Federer

January 22, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Grigor Dimitrov

Grigor Dimitrov lost in the third round of the Australian Open to Roger Federer on January 22, his sixth consecutive

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